Tuesday, December 18, 2012

I've been working on writing more on Squidoo, and have added a fair number of lenses that are topical to this blog as well. Here's a list of the various crafting related pages I've got up, as of this date. I hope you enjoy them, and please feel free to leave any comments, vote on polls, pin them or share them with your friends!

The Joy of Hooking - this is one of the first lenses I ever made, and still one of my highest ranking lenses.

Twisted Sisters & Company Fibre Mill Tour - this is one that goes back a bit, but has recently seen a surge in popularity. I have lots of photos and a video of the tour a group of us took of the fibre mill. If you ever have a chance to visit them in person, I highly recommend it!

Our Easter Eggs - I would not have expected to see this one climb up the ranks just before Christmas, but for some reason, it has! I guess people are planning ahead for their Easter crafts already!

Rediscovering Mdm Benoit - does cooking count as crafting? I think it can! With 2012 marking the 25th anniversary of Mdm Benoit's death, I was happy to see this one enjoy a leap in popularity towards the end of the year. More people need to know about Mdm Benoit! ;-)

If you're interested in seeing all my lenses, including the non-crafting ones, this is my Lensmaster Page.

If you are interested in writing for Squidoo (yes, it does pay!), you can join and start right away! It does take a bit of time and consistent effort, but it has more potential then a lot of other similar sites I've looked at. It certainly pays more then just blogging! LOL!

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

So my darling younger daughter is teaching herself to knit. Well. I'm quite impressed with how quickly she is picking it up!

After making a quick sample of knit and purl with a cable, she moved on to making a pair of slippers, which my husband now wears. They are awesome.

Now she has decided to make a phone cozy for her father's phone. It's going to be a basic rectangle folded in half and the side seams sewn closed. It's also going to have a cable in the centre.

For those not familiar with doing cables in knit, a group of stitches is taken off the needle and onto a cable stitch holder - a J shaped tool - then the stitches are worked back on again later. In the process of doing this, my daughter needed to keep her stitch holder handy until needed in the next row.

So she did this.

Yup. She's using her captured bead earring as a holder for her stitch holder.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Well, I really need to get to bed, but before I do, I have a couple of links to share.

First, I've just posted a new lens on Squidoo with a free pattern for the ornaments I made for the Christmas Market my daughter and I just took part in.

Click here for the pattern. Permission is given to use the pattern to make and sell these yourself, with credit given to Get Crafting! but not to sell the pattern as your own.

Though I have written about our tradition of hand made decorations for our tree here before, I've put it all together in another Squidoo lens as well, which you can visit by clicking here.

I still have to make our decorations for this year, too! I have to finish a custom order first, though, then I will work on them and post a step-by-step when they're done. Hopefully, I won't be cutting it too close to Christmas day!

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

All set up for the Sherwood Park Christmas Market. This is also the debut of Dolph, my new head with neck. Sadly, my budget did not allow for a torso, but I can fit a light in Dolph!
Sent from Anna's phone

Monday, December 3, 2012

On Dec. 5 from 5-8 pm I will be set up and selling my wares at the Sherwood Park Farmer's Market Christmas Market. Though I have been setting up with my daughter all summer during Art in the Plaza, this will be the first time I've had my own booth!

My daughter will also be there, as will Jacquie and Maxine, who were with us for most of the summer at Art in the Plaza. This being a farmer's market, most of the other vendors will be food related, but there are several vendors of non-edibles present, so it'll be a great time to pick up a few gifts and a wide range of food items (including purr-ogies for cats!) to choose from!

Sunday, December 2, 2012

My daughter recently picked up some shea butter and a new soap mold. With a bit of ground apricot and scented oil from her last aquisition, and this is the result.
I can grow to like this new hobby of hers.